Otariidae Grey 1825

Family OTARIIDAE (EARED SEALS) • Robust, heavy-bodied marine mammals with external ear flaps, body furred except foreflippers, and hindflippers that rotate forward to enable walking; adult males 1-5-2 times longer and 3-6 times heavier than adult females. • 110-250 cm. • All oceans except North Atla...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Russell A. Mittermeier, Don E. Wilson
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Published: Lynx Edicions 2014
Subjects:
Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Carnivora
Otariidae
North Atlantic
Lynx
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6604421
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Summary:Family OTARIIDAE (EARED SEALS) • Robust, heavy-bodied marine mammals with external ear flaps, body furred except foreflippers, and hindflippers that rotate forward to enable walking; adult males 1-5-2 times longer and 3-6 times heavier than adult females. • 110-250 cm. • All oceans except North Atlantic and Arctic oceans. • Mainly temperate and subpolar seas, extending to tropics and polar waters, in estuarine, coastal, and pelagic zones. • 7 genera, 15 species,at least 16 extant taxa. • 3 species Endangered, 2 species Vulnerable; 1 species Extinct since 1600. Published as part of Russell A. Mittermeier & Don E. Wilson, 2014, Otariidae, pp. 34-101 in Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 4 Sea Mammals, Barcelona :Lynx Edicions on page 34, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6604474

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